intertidal
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of intertidal
Vocabulary lists containing intertidal
Marine Biology - Middle School
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Marine Biology - High School
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Moddelmog said the excavator left a large hole in the rocky intertidal zone, where fish, sea stars and other species linger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
"However, the same cannot be said for intertidal systems" such as salt marshes and mudflats that line the coast and are exposed at low tide, he added.
From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026
More of the intertidal zone — where crabs, sculpin and sea stars hang out — will be exposed Thursday and Friday than any other time this year.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
Tim Grandjean defended his PhD on this topic on April 24th and has also collected new data on the dynamics of intertidal areas.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 2024
Essentially all the plants and creatures which have left us their traces from this period of the earth’s history are shallow-water and intertidal beings.
From A Short History of the World by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
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